Split Pea Smoked Turkey Soup

Description

For those who don’t like pork. This has a nice smoked flavor when you use a smoked turkey leg.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound dried split peas
  • 5 cups water, or more if needed
  • 3 pounds smoked turkey legs
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 1 ½ cups chopped carrot
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 bay leaves

Instructions

  1. Combine split peas
  2. water
  3. smoked turkey legs
  4. chicken broth
  5. carrot
  6. celery
  7. potatoes
  8. onion
  9. garlic powder
  10. oregano
  11. and bay leaves in a slow cooker. Set the cooker on Low
  12. cover
  13. and cook until peas are tender and soup is thickened
  14. 4 to 5 hours. Discard bay leaves before serving.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs

Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 8

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